Angels Before Man by Rafael Nicolás

A queer retelling of Satan's fall – In an eternal paradise, the most beautiful angel, Lucifer, struggles with shame, identity, and timidity, with little more than the desire to worship his creator. It isn't until the strongest angel, Michael, comes into his life that Lucifer learns to love himself. Along the way, their friendship begins to bloom into something else. Maybe the first romance in the history of everything. But this God is a jealous one, and maybe paradise is not paradise.

Adult • Fantasy • Diversity Representation/BIPOC • Fantasy/Mythic, Retelling, and Folklore • Fantasy/Romantic and Erotic • Diversity Representation/LGBTQ+/Own Voices

Content Warning: Blasphemy, graphic violence, graphic animal death, sexual content, self-harm, use of terms with incestuous connotations, grooming, mental instability, off-page sexual assault, on-page sexual trauma, abuse

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 71% due to reading for a specific category for Indie Ink that this novel did not match from my read in the Writing the Future We Need categories.

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TinyElfArcanist book blogger

Angels Before Man is powerful in its painfully accurate depictions of depression, wrath, passion, and pride. It is a blasphemous display of the unforgiving Father and the angel who was punished for questioning.

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